The U.S. recovery from the coronavirus-induced recession is leveling off and showing signs of faltering only two months into the rebound, a series of real-time economic indicators show.While the official economic data have been surprising to the upside – including a gain of 4.8 million jobs in June – newer trends suggest those improvements are flattening or even turning down.With cases rising...

Drive-ins are fun, but not as much as sailing and swimming to your movie destination.Drive-in cinemas have seen a surge of interest amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and as the dog days approach rapidly, swimming to your favorite movies might be the loveliest of activities that you can do this summer.Next week, Seine waters in Paris will see the arrival of a floating movie theater where peopl...

American households are getting smarter. This is shown by data from the Statista Digital Market Outlook. According to estimates, at least one smart home application is currently in use in 41.3 million U.S. households - by 2024 this number is expected to increase to 61.5 million. Devices from the category "Control and Connectivity" are the most common - these include smart speakers (Amazon Echo,...

Dyson is hands down one of the most innovative companies out there. Before Dyson, did you ever follow any company that made vacuums on Instagram? It single-handedly turned vacuums into a status symbol and then ventured into playing the tech fairy godmother while transforming all the other pumpkin household appliances. Dyson has inspired many designers to adapt their style and create some amazin...

Reinventing the future customer purchase journey.For companies that cater to the end-consumer, the future is arriving more quickly than anyone imagined just a few short months ago, accelerating digital trends that had already been transforming consumer behaviour. The COVID-19 pandemic, for example, has expedited the pace of behavioural changes around the world in how people live their lives —...

Researchers combined artificial intelligence and radar used to track speeders to develop a system that will allow vehicles to spot hazards hidden around corners. Image courtesy of the researchers.Using radar commonly deployed to track speeders and fastballs, researchers have developed an automated system that will allow cars to peer around corners and spot oncoming traffic and pedestrians.The s...

Berkshire now owns more than $91 billion in Apple shares, representing 43% of the conglomerate’s entire portfolio.Warren Buffett for decades famously avoided tech stocks, explaining that he preferred to invest in things he understood. Warren Buffett once said that “diversification is protection against ignorance. It makes little sense if you know what you are doing.” The take-away: Load up o...

Shop owners use show-and-tell to connect with virus-wary customers; ‘Xiaoluo, you could buy one more pair!’.Chinese shoppers have long used their phones to buy almost everything they need. The coronavirus crisis has supercharged that trend, turning online retail into a show which has hooked millions of stay-at-home consumers.Fu Chenyuan thought she might have to close her 14-year-old Shanghai...

Will sitting in a fixed virtual setting make videoconferencing better? Microsoft teams together mode gif of people in auditorium meeting.There’s a certain routine to logging on to the now-ubiquitous videoconference: join a screen of Brady Bunch–like squares, ping-ponging your gaze between speakers but mostly staring self-consciously at your own face. What started as a novelty of working at ho...